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World War II Marathon: Catch-22 (1970)
« on: February 16, 2010, 05:33:19 PM »
Catch-22 (1970)

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I’m not surprised that Catch-22 was met with a great amount of derision when it was released, and I say that not because Mike Nichols directed the awful The Graduate and thus his next effort should have been awaiting derision. I’m not surprised by the derision because of the time when Catch-22 was released and the subject matter it contains. I don’t claim to have my finger on the pulse of the Western Hemisphere in the early 1970’s, but I think it’s fairly easy to surmise that a black comedy about World War II released when this side of the planet was ensconced in a bloody and bewildering war wouldn’t be met with open arms. Anti-war is one thing, but anti-war that appears to make fun of war and does so in a nonsensical way isn’t something the masses are open to at the best of times, let alone during a time of political turmoil and endless war.

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